May 17, 2017

Welcome to another inspirational day here at the Graphic 45 blog. Today, we will have you seeing double with two fantastic double page layouts. Firstly, Magda Cortez brings us a bright and beautiful layout featuring the lavish Ladies Diary DCE (due back in stores soon.) Magda's use of fussy cutting and mixed media techniques created something picture perfect indeed. Check out the accompanying YouTube tutorial to create your own. Next, Alexandra Morein doubles down with an indubitably delightful celebration of London, featuring Cityscapes. Wow, lovely layers! Good show! Whether you want to celebrate a wedding, a vacation, or anything else, double page layouts can make the perfect spacious canvas for your crafting creativity to flourish.

Picture Perfect - Double Layout

By Magda Cortez

"Hi All. Today I’m going to show you this double layout I made for this month's assignment. My daughter got married 4 years ago and I think this is the time to use those beautiful pictures. OH MY! Time flies! It was so fun to make the double layout because it is something I don’t get to do and, believe me, it was a challenge!! I decided to use the mixed media technique combined with the beauty of fussy cutting. I love it and I think it is perfect for this project. Did you notice I didn’t use black? ...I hope you like it!

"In scrapbooking, as in any other field of arts and crafts, there are things that we each don’t feel quite comfortable doing, since they seem just “not our cup of tea”. Sometimes something leads us away from the comfort zone to which all of us are so used to.

During the DT term on the Graphic 45 team, I have already been challenged a few times to leave that comfort zone and create something new.

Today I am sharing one of those projects, which taught me a new side of scrapbooking. I have never created layouts, and for this month our assignment was to create not a single, but a double layout!

For my project I’ve used the ever-beautiful Cityscapes collection, since the theme of the layout is dedicated to London.

This week we are giving you a chance to win your very own Olde Curiosity Shoppe DCE prize pack. To enter, comment on the blog and/or Facebook today and all week. A winner will be chosen randomly and announced right here on the blog this Friday.

That does it for this double dose of double page layouts. Thank you for joining us and thanks to Magda and Alexandra for reaching outside their crafting comfort zones to create and share such beautiful and inspiring work. One of our favorite parts of crafting is watching artists develop their technique in new and interesting ways. We'd love to hear how you have used or want to use double page layouts to express your creativity in the comments below. See you back here tomorrow, G45ers.

Two totally different styles!! Both are lovely pages on which to present our favorite photos. Loved seeing the process video. Nice! It will be fun to see how I can use the images from Olde Curiosity Shoppe to create a double page spread!

Oh my goodness! The Cityscape layout is unbelievable! Love the keys used on the pages. What an inspiration! As one who travels a lot and also has tons of photos from trips to London, this is awesome. Thanks for getting my sleepy creative juices flowing!